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Download full textMcLean, James E. – 1983
This simple method for simulating the Central Limit Theorem with students in a beginning nonmajor statistics class requires students to use dice to simulate drawing samples from a discrete uniform distribution. On a chalkboard, the distribution of sample means is superimposed on a graph of the discrete uniform distribution to provide visual…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Research Methodology, Sampling
Peer reviewedWhite, Wes – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Reviews the use of chi-square statistics for goodness of fit. Examines how to help students relate their earlier work with independence to the use of chi-square statistics. (KHR)
Descriptors: Chi Square, Evaluation, Graphing Calculators, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedWhite, Arthur L.; Berlin, Donna F. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Provided is a unit which relates the fulcrum of a lever system and the mean of a distribution of scores. The objective, rationale, two student laboratories, and an evaluation system are outlined. Content background on statistics is offered. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials
